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Chronicles of My Pain

Chronicles of my pain

Family, a support structure that holds people together they say
Well to me family is the root of my depression
Family is the reason why I cry myself to sleep
The reason why I lose weight daily

I'm regarded as the forsaken child just because I don't have anything to prove I have a dream
Regarded as the forsaken child because I have achieved nothing at my age
Sadly my heart is weak
My mind is polluted with thoughts of suicide

Chronicles of my depression
I'm the no body in the family
Yet I fight so hard to make things happen
No one supports what I live for
Therefore I am disregarded as a son

At times wishing my father was alive
Hoping he would understand me better
Or should I just follow him too
Maybe we would be happy together

I'm broken and shattered
Out of hope just left with sadness
I guess that I am destined for sorrows
Maybe everyone would be glad
If I won't wake up tomorrow

My heart is bruised and wounded
Tell me what peace looks like
Give me a dose of happiness
But anyway it's just too late

By Walter Mafokate

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Would It Be

Would it be

I thought I was happy
But I realized that I was lying
Pain inside of me digs a grave
A grave for me to enter

I'm tired of being fake
When sorrows have befriended me
I'm broken yet I pretend to be okay
Deeply corroded by this toxic life

My heart is black
No longer red like it was suppose to be
I have even ran out of tears
Because of the grieve that I am

Would it be wrong if I
If I hung myself up with a rope
Just to end this misery
To put an end to this pain

Would it be wrong if I
Overdosed pills till the bottle went empty
Just to set myself free
To unfold what is on the other side of life

Would it be wrong if I
Drank something toxic till my organs shredded
Just to be happy on the other side 
To be in a place which is more accommodating

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My Little Suicide Note

My little suicide note

Despite my poverty
Despite my ugliness
You have always been a princess
You made me feel like a King

When roads got narrow
You stood by me
You understood my pain
You gave me joy on the way

Though it was never meant to last
My heart is corroded
Like a old can
I am giving up even though I am a man

I am tired of crying like a lost child
Depressed as I can be my loneliness eats me
I wish someone would carry me
But turns out I am all alone

I love you but I have to go
I wish you were here to see me
See me before I take my last breath away
If only I had a real reason to stay

But the pain I go through every day doesn't
My cry is loud yet silent
My words are meaningless yet important
And for you I wish the best

I wish I could say goodbye directly
This message is the best way to say it
Please don't moan for me
Because surely where I am heading is better

By Walter Mafokate©

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My Reflection

You are my reflection
My smile in the morning
If I don't breath you don't exist
You are my reflection

You make way when darkness paves my life
You are my reflection
When tears and sorrows collide against me
You are that I need to survive

You are my reflection
When life seems so vague
You make me remember who I am
There's no other way to communicate

If I don't call you by your name I have misrepresented
You are a constant reminder of why I'm here
You are my reflection
You are my serious portrait

You are my weapon against enemies
I have no doubt
You are my reflection
You calm my heart is times of trouble

With you I have no boundaries
You are my reflection
When the sun sets you light my path
Making the impossible seem possible

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I Quit

I Quit

Pain hauls inside my heart.
My head feels like exploding,
So much self-hate eluding the little love I have.
Thought that I was finally in love and at rest,
But my heart was shredded into pieces.

Indeed love hurts, I feel unworthy of love,
Why do I always love the wrong people?
A question that I can not find answers to.
Maybe I should just take my life away, 
Maybe there is more peace afterlife.

Tried to poison myself with alcohol but I failed,
My heart beats in reverse and all is misplaced.
I am in tears, tears not evident can't even imagine,
Lost in a place of anger and sorrow no one vision. 
Such a sad world we live in, where love no longer matters.

Pain is growing inside of me, happiness has vanished.
Joy is what I hoped for but now I am torn apart in darkness.
I wish I could escape this pain but I can't do anything about it.
What if I was never meant to fall in love?, what if I am meant for tears?

Maybe an overdose would be a solution to the problem of my life,
Maybe what awaits me on the other side is much better,
Please understand why I did this, I am not selfish.
I just need peace and happiness, nothing here gives me that. 
I am drowning in sorrows and tears that I can not hold back. 

I am sorry but I quit.
I can not continue living like this,
I am sorry but the cruelty is too much for me.
Best I just quit and find the perfect place to be.
Please don't judge my action, be at peace.

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Chaos

Chaos 

I try to love others,
With the hope of loving myself.
I cry when alone,
Because I feel so unloved.

My heart is bleeding, torn
Lost in unclear emotions.
I pretend to be happy to get by,
So that the world sees a star trying to shine.

I try to gleam but my moods confuse everyone,
My heart has lost its pigment to pain;
Trying to give out the little love I once had,
Like a mendicant, I entreat the world to love me.

How sad it is, feeling like a nobody,
Always trying to push everyone away.
Yet I strongly need someone next to me,
Lost in my own body praying for something I don't even know of.

Every night sleeping asking myself questions,
They call me a mad poet, for I always feel like dying.
Not because I want to but because I feel like it's a need,
A solution to my emotional devastation and pain.

I'm a complicated puzzle you can't solve,
Even though I am trying to mend myself together.
I'm still much of a wreck trying to find the end of the tunnel,
Because I feel so bleak and tortured.

My tears have run out and my cheeks are dry,
All I want is just to die because it's not easy being me.
Life as hard as a piece of diamond,
Of course, I do pray 4 times a day but it keeps getting darker.

God, please hear my prayers before I give up,
Help me oh Lord before I quit.
Because this pain I'm in is overwhelming my body,
My heart always beating endlessly a drum.

I feel damaged like a mirror,
Pieces can be brought together but never the same beauty.
I'm molested by the pain I face every day,
Yet my body can no longer sustain the pressure.

Despite all this torture I still smile,
Pretending that everything is fine with me.
Telling lies to the world that nothing is wrong with me,
Always around my friends with depression and anxiety.

Chaos is what I find myself in,
My mind and my heart battling.
I try to seek peace but I am stranded,
One would say that my heart is blended.

Numb, my body feels at times, but
I try to find happiness in love.
Love mutters at me like a lion,
I pray to God from above for a rescue.

I am in complete chaos, lost in a thicket,
At times they say that I am wicked.
I wish they could understand why,
Life is harsh on me, hence why I would rather die.

My wounds are cut in deep, 
And at night I can barely sleep.
If only once life could have remorse,
My life would not be such chaos.

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Fighting Depression

Fighting Depression

At times you wish you were dead
Because the situation you are in is bad
You sometimes feel like no one understands
And you carry everything on your shoulders

Your heart becomes a cage for all your problems
Your life becomes a ticking bomb
Devastated by the lies and conspiracies
Everyone living your side when needed the most

You choose to fight
Fight a battle you don't even comprehend
Your mind clouded with negativity
Your heart having a little light of hope

You are lost in wilderness
Caged by loneliness and isolation
Depression clouding your imagination
You wish you could anticipate

You have no one to talk to
You are alone
And your loneliness results in negative thoughts
Your pills seems like a solution

You are stuck in confusion
Your heart is like a clock 
Running even faster than bolt
You have turned it into a volt

Call it depression
The battle needs weapons of mass destruction
Everyone becoming your enemy
Because you wish they could understand but they don't

At times you wonder where to go
You ask yourself so many questions with no answers
Heart moaning like a widow
You life is screwed 

You have great thoughts
But your poverty is like a dark tunnel
Where do you go? You ask yourself
Tears are no more

You wish you had that one girl who understood you
Someone who treasured you but no 
Every girl sees a demon in you
You belong to no one

At least music understands your pain
At least music appreciates your gain
Your strength increases
Yet your heart weakens 

Fight depression they say
Never an easy road
A road without a map truth be told
Never easy its true 

By Walter Mafokate

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The Fading Light

Days have been dark, 
Times when depression struck,
Finding myself lost in sorrow
Not knowing, if I would live till tomorrow. 

What if, I died today? 
Would you still think of me everyday? 
If tomorrow never comes, 
Would you still remember my love for you? 

It seems like my road narrowing daily, 
Losing myself has become a norm. 
My heart has become a ticking bomb
Yet my heart still longs for your love 

I feel like giving in, 
Every night and day I get weak. 
Wishing you were next to me to bid goodbye. 
Maybe I'm exaggerating, maybe it is true 

I'm here waiting for you, to light my way.
For everyday it gets darker and harder, 
With no sign of peace coming my way, 
I wait, strongly believing that you will come 

As my body gets cold and dim. 
Hope escaping as every minute goes by. 
I gaze at the stars, with nothing not even faith
As I take my last breath, I wish you a goodbye

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Dark Heart

Life can be insightful
Love can be heart breaking
Pieces of me scattered all over
With no more tears to fall

Clouds are gathered
But not with rain
My heart is in pain
Joy seems to be so fake

Asking myself if really God exists
For sorrows and pain have befriended 
me for so long
Alone in the dark I moan
Lost in a river of tears I can never stop

My mind filled with false hope
Yet my heart crumbles with devastation
Alone I walk in the shadows of pain
Lost in wilderness and disbelief

My heart is bruised
My mind is wounded
I'm here fighting this alone
Left with nothing but a dark heart

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50 Shades of Pain

50 SHADES OF PAIN 

Life is nothing without love
Love is nothing without a heart 
But the heart sometimes can mislead 
It can bring pain never expected 

Pain can cause you tears
It can break you into pieces 
A story untold built inside 
Everyday gets darker in pain 

Joy and happiness all lost
But there's nothing to do 
When your pain gains a shade darker 
When you feel helpless and useless 

50 shades of pain 
When you are more delusional than ever 
When depression suppresses you everyday 
Where life takes a turn into the bush

Not knowing how to go about life daily 
Because you can't accept the life you live 
Because no one seems to care about you 
The 50 shades of pain ruling your life 

Stress and anxiety attached to you like a sibling 
The heart confused and pained 
Everyday lived with no meaning 
Because of the 50 shades of pain 

By Walter Mafokate ©